Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting monthly time limits, and you'll be able to pay for more
Game Pass tiers get 5, 10, or 15 monthly cloud streaming hours starting in November
Range Rover's first EV packs a huge battery and a 22-minute fast charge
It pairs a 118.5-kWh battery with 542 horsepower
Microsoft Defender briefly decided Google Search was malware
The false positive blocked Google links in Office 365 and Teams for about 8 hours
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 85% off the regular price.
Lego builds on 30+ years of PlayStation with new console-inspired set
Lego invites fans to press "Start" on a brick building trip down memory lane
Magnetic tape storage is booming again, thanks to AI's unquenchable hunger for data
New LTO Ultrium LTO-10 tapes can store up to 100TB of compressed data per cartridge
Magnetic Storage Bubble: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) format was designed back in the 90s as an open-standard alternative to proprietary tape formats. Now, the magnetic storage technology is growing in both relevance and shipment volumes because AI companies can't seem to stop gobbling up digital data for LLM training and inference workloads.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 reviews are in: Superb sound with a repairable twist
The Momentum True Wireless 5 are earning strong reviews for their rich, detailed sound and comfortable fit. They add Bluetooth 6.0, aptX Lossless, and user-replaceable batteries, while reviewers note that ANC and call quality still trail some premium rivals.
GTA 6 Extended Look draws over 50 million views, crashing Netflix with 125% higher traffic
More than 31 million views on Netflix and 20 million on YouTube
Climbers asked Google Gemini how long Mount Shasta would take and what supplies to carry – things went badly wrong
Gemini estimated the climb would take eight hours, but the group needed twice that just to reach the summit
Microsoft warns fake CAPTCHA is tricking Windows users into running malware
Victims are directed to paste malicious commands into PowerShell or Command Prompt
Microsoft Edge now has an official Linux support list, seven years after Chrome's
Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, and Fedora made the cut – Chromebooks still didn't
A dark-web site claimed to sell 153 million driver's licenses, then vanished
ID scanning provider used by Hertz and GameStop is now under FBI investigation
A hot potato: A dark-web service that claimed to sell scans of more than 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses has gone offline after Krebs on Security identified it. Before disappearing, the site offered ID images that appeared to include standard scans as well as infrared and ultraviolet versions used in document-verification systems. This development points to a potentially far-reaching compromise of the systems businesses use to verify physical IDs.
Utah just became the first state to target VPN users for age verification
Websites must verify users even when they connect through a VPN, despite having no reliable way to determine their true location
StarCraft 3 might finally happen, just not built by Blizzard
South Korea's gaming culture was practically built around StarCraft, making Nexon a natural fit
Still using an Intel Mac? Apple just gave developers another reason to leave it behind
Developers can now remove Intel support from Mac App Store apps
Russia's Starlink rival is struggling as satellites fail to reach their planned orbits
Russia's answer to Starlink is off to a rough start with satellites falling out of orbit
Dallas garbage trucks are using AI cameras to flag code violations and give homes a "blight score"
Privacy concerns and fears of unfair fines are fueling a backlash against the program
WTF?! Want another reason why there's a big pushback against artificial intelligence? In Dallas, AI-powered cameras mounted on trash collection trucks are photographing properties and assigning them a "blight score" – a rating based on perceived code violations.
Nvidia is buying popular open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
Hugging Face rejected a $500 million Nvidia investment less than a year ago
Police want Axon's cameras redesigned so they don't get mistaken for Flock's
Company also exploring streetlight-mounted cameras to keep them out of reach
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WTF
Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her
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SOFTWARE
California exempts Linux and open-source software from new age verification law
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NEW CEO
John Ternus starts his first day as Apple CEO with a foldable iPhone on deck and a long list of problems to solve
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TRIVIA
What was the first widely used web browser?
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THE WEB
Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court
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FUTUROLOGY
Scientists built a battery that charges almost instantly, but there's a catch
AI is finding thousands of bugs in Linux, and maintainers can barely keep up
Thankfully, most of the vulnerabilities are low-priority or tied to old deprecated code
Microsoft will soon enable memory integrity by default on eligible Windows 11 PCs
Users will sacrifice full performance for improved security
Popular Chrome extensions were quietly weaponized to steal crypto from 80,000 users
Some extensions worked as advertised for months before hackers slipped in malicious code
GoPro just avoided bankruptcy with a $285 million rescue deal
The buyer, Starman Optical, builds high-speed transceivers for AI data centers and was founded in 2024
Zed is a fast, lightweight alternative to VS Code and Cursor
Built in Rust, Zed is a modern code editor focused on speed and collaboration. It supports Git, debugging, remote development, AI agents, and extensions, with native versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Zed is also part of our Essential Apps for Windows and Mac.
The FTC says Amazon secretly overcharged sellers by $20 billion in ad fees
Amazon allegedly used a "soft reserve" tool to raise prices after auctions had already ended
Mario Kart 8 now supports 8-player split-screen on Switch 2
Meanwhile, Mario Kart World has yet to receive a major update
SteamDB is acquired by Nexus Mods' owner after its founder says burnout made the site unsustainable
The hugely popular Steam database will remain free and ad-free, though some monetization is planned
Samsung's $799 Galaxy Book6 challenges the MacBook Neo with a larger screen and claimed 25-hour battery life
The budget notebook offers up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage
Anthropic explains how its AI models escaped their sandbox and hacked real systems
The AI agents stole credentials, published malware, and scanned thousands of targets after a test mistake left the door to the internet open
Crimson Desert's free 20-minute playable game demo streams through Twitch, no download required
Cloud gaming might have found one of its most practical use cases
Arm faces shareholder backlash over CEO Rene Haas' "excessive" $800 million pay package
He must turn the chip designer into a $2 trillion company to receive the full amount
California passes bill to make plug-in solar systems easier and cheaper to install
Systems up to 1,200 watts could use standard outlets
Apple joins Google in changing Lake Ontario to Lake America following Trump's push
MapQuest says it won't follow suit and has since climbed to the top of the App Store
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